Efficacy of acidic pretreatment for the saccharification and fermentation of alginate from brown macroalgae
- Authors
- Wang, Damao; Yun, Eun Ju; Kim, Sooah; Kim, Do Hyoung; Seo, Nari; An, Hyun Joo; Kim, Jae-Han; Cheong, Nam Yong; Kim, Kyoung Heon
- Issue Date
- 6월-2016
- Publisher
- SPRINGER
- Keywords
- Alginate; Brown macroalgae; Acidic pretreatment; Depolymerization; Saccharification
- Citation
- BIOPROCESS AND BIOSYSTEMS ENGINEERING, v.39, no.6, pp.959 - 966
- Indexed
- SCIE
SCOPUS
- Journal Title
- BIOPROCESS AND BIOSYSTEMS ENGINEERING
- Volume
- 39
- Number
- 6
- Start Page
- 959
- End Page
- 966
- URI
- https://scholar.korea.ac.kr/handle/2021.sw.korea/88524
- DOI
- 10.1007/s00449-016-1575-z
- ISSN
- 1615-7591
- Abstract
- This study was performed to evaluate the effectiveness of acidic pretreatment in increasing the enzymatic digestibility of alginate from brown macroalgae. Pretreatment with 1 % (w/v) sulfuric acid at 120 degrees C for 30 min produced oligosaccharides, mannuronic acid, and guluronic acid. Enzymatic saccharification of pretreated alginate by alginate lyases produced 52.2 % of the theoretical maximal sugar yield, which was only 7.5 % higher than the sugar yield obtained with unpretreated alginate. Mass spectrometric analyses of products of the two reactions revealed that acidic pretreatment and enzymatic saccharification produced saturated monomers (i.e., mannuronic and guluronic acid) with saturated oligosaccharides and unsaturated monomers (i.e., 4-deoxy-L-erythro-5-hexoseulose uronic acid; DEH), respectively. While DEH is further metabolized by microorganisms, mannuronic acid and guluronic acid are not metabolizable. Because of the poor efficacy in increasing enzymatic digestibility and owing to the formation of non-fermentable saturated monomers, acidic pretreatment cannot be recommended for enzymatic saccharification and fermentation of alginate.
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